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the biggest strike day yet, with up to 1.4 million people expected at demonstrations in paris and elsewhere. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euros a month, which is over 550 euros higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more because of rising inflation. joining me now is gregory bekhtari who is a member of the fsu , the main teachers union in france, and works as a teaching fellow at the pantheon sorbonne university. thank you for being with us. the government says that these plans are necessary because they say that if they don t, the numbers don t add up, it would mean a deficit. why is raising the pension age such problem? raising the pension age such roblem? , ., , , , raising the pension age such roblem? , ,, , problem? it s a problem because it s ve unfair ....
And coming up in the sport on bbc news fighting for their futures. Five sports begin their appeals against the withdrawal of funding by uk sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, thats according to the bbcs analysis of nhs figures. The pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. Up to date figures arent available for the rest of the uk. Nhs england says the main problem is finding Alternative Care for patients who were medically well but frail. Our Correspondentjohn Maguire has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. Ask staff here how the winter is goin ....
0ur correspondent lucy williamson is in the channel port of calais a place where tens of thousands of migrants have gathered over the past few years, trying to cross to the uk. news of the government s new policy trickles through camps in northern france here. there s a sense that it s not in and of itself going to slow the flow across the channel. policy announcements by themselves have not tended to change many minds here. if you think back to the rwanda policy, when that was announced, there was a few days when many migrants here were considering whether it was worth it. there was a little bit of anxiety, but it passed pretty quickly, particularly when there were no concrete measures taken. and i think this raises the question of how the government is going to implement this new policy, particularly when it comes to removing people from the uk when they land on those shores. the rwanda policy is still mired in the courts and france has so far been adamant that it won t take back m ....
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